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KARAK/TIMERGARA, July 19: Two persons, including a child, were killed and one was injured in rain related incidents as heavy downpour coupled with windstorm wreaked havoc in Karak and Lower Dir districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police sources said that heavy rain and windstorm uprooted trees and power poles and damaged several houses in different areas of Karak district.

They said that a student identified as Mohammad Zubair, a resident of Khuram Muhammadzai, was killed when roof of his room collapsed due to heavy rain.

The residents of the area retrieved his body after hectic efforts.

They said that several houses were damaged in Palosa Sar, Walay Banda, Shamshaki, Khuram Muhammadzai, Latamber, Monaka Banda and other areas.

The power supply remained suspended to the entire Chountra area and several localities of tehsils Banda Daud Shah and Takht-i-Nusrati.

Heavy rain and storm also disrupted telephones lines in the district. Standing crops and vegetables were also damaged when rainwater inundated the fields.

The seasonal water channels damaged Sabirabad-Matoor Road and residents of Malagi Banda, Kandao Sar, Wargha Banda and Matoor areas remained stranded in their localities.

The people demanded of the authorities to open all closed routes.

The residents of the district also demanded of Pesco to restore power supply to the affected areas as early as possible.

In Lower Dir, a child was killed and another received injuries when wall of their house collapsed at Bahadar Colony of Mayar Jandol due to heavy rain and windstorm the other day.

The residents of the area said that two children of Maulvi Shamsul Haq were injured when wall of his house collapsed due to
heavy rain.

The injured children were rushed to district headquarters hospital where one of them identified as nine-year-old Attaullah succumbed to his injuries.